Sources
Case and Complaint of Madam Horne against the Spiritual Court (1721)
Source
10 February 1721
A complaint filed by Madam Horne before the Governor and Council of the Isle of Man in 1721, protesting irregular proceedings by the Spiritual Court at Kirk Michell. The case reveals tensions between ecclesiastical and civil jurisdictions on the Island, and practices of public penance and record-based defamation. This document was extracted from the Exchequer Book and included in a 1792 report by Commissioners of Inquiry, demonstrating how historical governance disputes informed later reform efforts.
Administrative Correspondence
Language
- English